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Calotropis R.Br.
Genus with 3 species of tropical and subtropical distribution in Africa and Asia. While C. acia Buch.-Ham and C. gigantea (L.) W.T. Aiton are exclusively Asian species, C. procera has a wider distribution, from the Atlantic to India.
Rahman, M.A. & Wilcock, C.C. 1991. A taxonomic revision of Calotropis (Asclepiadaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 11(3), 301-308.
Updated by: J.F. Mota, F.J. Pérez García & J. Charco.